Purples have always been a challenge. More than any other color they get dull and lose their intensity. I need to work on this a bit more, just not over work it.
A watercolor portrait
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Portrait, watercolor 11" x 15"
Back to watercolor for an attempt at a portrait from a photo. While the
proportions and features are more or less correct,...
Trees!
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I feel as if this tree knows everything I ever think of when I sit here.
When I come back to it, I never have to remind it of anything; I begin just
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New website…
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Why did the chickens cross the road? To get to the new website! I have an
announcement…I have a new website going live later this week! This was long
o...
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Clisson, la toscane en france
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Petite escapade à Clisson où nous avons pu admirer l'architecture toscane
sous le soleil! des vignes, des ruelles en pentes, des escaliers qui mènent
on ne...
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I did this quick demonstration on my latest YouTube channel after showing
how to build a quick table easel with three different heights. I was tired
of u...
The Cost
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There’s no other pix to share on good Friday but this painting done with
just three da Vinci watercolors and two brown watercolor pencils.
Here’s my long-w...
The Wearing (and painting) of the Green
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Redemption
24" x 30"
oil on canvas
Green is one of those colours that a lot of artists have trouble coming to
grips with. Me included. Maybe it's not s...
It's Not Just For Guacamole
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*It's Not Just for Guacamole*
*watercolor on paper*
*35.5x51cm. *
I hope everyone's New Year is off to a great start!
I started this painting last year ...
God Bless America
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When tragedy strikes we Americans rise to the challenge. It makes me proud
and grateful to live in this country. I've been asking myself why we can't,
or w...
Roadside Painting
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My most favourite way of working is to travel the highways and byways of
France, stopping to paint whenever something catches my eye. Today it was
the wo...
Thank heavens for small miracles
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Grace Church Spires, NYC – Watercolor on Arches 300# cold press.
Approximately 18″ x 22″ A number have people have asked where I have been
and expressed t...
Dead Soldiers
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Watercolor on Yupo with charcoal technique background.
Either do this outdoors or place the paper in a deep utility tub. Randomly
dampen the paper. Sprin...
even more work
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* I Dream in Color*
watercolor
22" x 15"
$1000
email for availability
* Orange Crow*
watercolor
11" x 15"
$300
email for availability
*Mermaid*
wate...
"Great Blue" Finished!
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I think I'm finished with this one! Will be entering this and a couple more
of my recent pieces to Eye 4 Art exhibition at the Thames Art Gallery in
Chatha...
East Valley Artists Thursday's demo
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Robert Dvorak was the demonstrator at my art club last night. He writes
books and gives workshops and demos concerning travel drawing and
painting. He's ...
NORFOLK SEASCAPES
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Made a big decision this year to only paint Norfolk coastal scenes as well
as my love of flowers, so here are my first three efforts .
Top one based o...
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We no longer see the one who teaches us
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Musician, play this moment's music as grace
for those who block our road, grace for
bandits! Musician, you learned this from
a true bandit. I hear the te...
Perfect Partners
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Going through my reference photos for the millionth time, a photo I took at
Longleat House caught my eye. I don't know why something that I've
previously ...
We've Moved!
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*A Painter's Year* has moved to my new site! Now all of my blogs and
galleries, news and information are under one roof at the new
www.susanabbott.com. Ple...
Seeking
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*I suddenly saw that all the time it was not I who had been seeking God,*
*but God who had been seeking me.*
*I had made myself the center of my own exist...
Going Now
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This blog is now merged, smudged and mixed together with my main blog The
Red Shoes . So please transfer any interest and linking and lovely
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4 comments:
Pretty irises.
(I want to know all about the event sometime . . . )
This painting looks just as vibrant and fresh as all of your paintings do. Lovely!
Cathy, I think this piece is beautiful. I don't think the purples appear dull at all. I think you've done a great job!
Thank you, thank you, thank you for the delicious (and nerve-wracking!) rundown . . . !
I trust the day itself was a collection of wonder and joy.
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